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8. References in the text should be cited as follows: for two authors, Hugo andFranklin（1968）； for three or more authors, Reid et al.（1995）. References topapers by the same author（s）in the same year should be distinguished by theletters, a, b, c, etc.（for example, 1995a）. References at the end of the paper mustbe given in alphabetical order, except for papers with three or more authors, whichshould be listed in chronological order after any other papers by the ﬁrst author.
See examples below for references to journals and books.
Hugo, W. B., and Franklin, I.（1968）Cellular lipid and the antistaphylococcal
activity of phenols. J. Gen. Microbiol., 52, 365-373.
Kourai, H., Manabe, Y., Matsutani, E., Hasegawa, Y., and Nakagawa, K.（1995）
Antimicrobial activities of alkylallyldimethylammonium iodides and alkylallyldiethylammonium iodides. J. Antibact. Antifung. Agents, 23, 271-280.〔Before1996〕
Ueda, S., Mineno, J., and Kuwabara, Y.（1999）Evaluation of the PCR method
for the detection of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in foods and othermeterials（in Japanese）. Bokin Bobai, 27, 441-446.〔After 1997〕
Reid, G., Khoury, A., and Nickel, J. C.（1991）The process of microbial bioﬁlm
formation in medical devices. In Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 8（Rossmoore, H. W., ed.）, pp. 187-195, Elsevier Science Publishers, NewYork.
9. Submission on disk is obliged. The preferred storage medium is a 3.5 inch disk.
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described in Journal of Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 377-382（2017）, before submission of the paper.
The Code of Ethics of the Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, Japan is asfollows:1）The papers intended for the human body shall be the studies conducted with ivvrespect for the Declaration of Helsinki （1964, Revised 2008）, Ethical Guidelines
for Epidemiological Studies by the Ministry of Education / the Ministry of Health,
Labor and Welfare; Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Studies by the Ministry of Health,
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submit-ted paper, that the study has been conducted with the approval of the Ethical
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TABLE １. Selected quantities, units, and symbols.
Quantity

Symbol

Unit

Timet

LengthArea
VolumelA
V

Mass
Concentration
Amount of substance
Molecular mass
Relative molecular mass
Molar mass
Temperature
Heat
Electricity and magnetism
Electric current
Potential difference
Capacitance
Magnetic ﬁeld strength
Resistance
Conductivity
Force
Pressure
Sedimentation coefﬁcient
Density
Relative density
Viscosity
Frequency
WavelengthAbsorbanceTransmittance
Molar absorption coefﬁcient
Ionic strength
EnergyGibbs free energy
Equilibrium constantMichaelis constantInhibition constant
Rate constant
Rate of reaction
Other units
Curie
RoentgenmCnm
MrM
Tq, Q

yr（not year）, mo（not month）, wk（not week）,d（not day）, h（not hour）, min, s（not second）,ms, μs, nsm, mm, μm（not μ）, nm
2222m , cm , mm , μm , nm2m3, dm3, cm3, mm3, μm3, nm3
kL, L, mL, μL, nL
kg, mg, μg（not γ）, ng
M, mM, μM, nM
mol, mmol, μmol, nmolDa（dalton）
dimensionlessg･mol−1
K, ℃
kJ, J（not cal）

IVCHRκFPsρdη
ν, fλ
ATεI
EGKKmKikv

A, mA, μA
V, mV, μV
F（farad）
G（gauss）
ΩS（Ω−1）
N（kg･m･s−2）
Pa（N･m−2）, atm, bar, mbar, torr, kg/cm2, mm Hg
13
S（＝10 s）
g･cm−3
dimensionless
P（＝0.1 Pa･s）
Hznm（not mμ）
dimensionlessdimensionless
M−1･cm−1
M（mol･l−1）, mM
J（not cal）
J（not cal）
dimensionless
M, mMM, mM
s−1, M･s−1
mol･s−1, mmol･s−1（cont'd）Ci
Rviii（cont'd）Acceleration of gravity

gPreﬁxes for units ： E, exa（10 ）； P, peta（1015）： T, tera（1012）； G, giga（109）； M,mega（106）； k, kilo（103）； h, hecto（102）； da, deca（101）； d, deci（10−1）； c, centi（10−2）； m, milli（10−3）； μ, micro（10−6）； n, nano（10−9）； p, pico（10−12）； f,femto（10−15）；a, atto（10−18）
.
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TABLE ２. Abbreviations for words other than units, quantities, or chemical compounds.
BOD
b.p.
calc.
cf.
COD
conc.
concn
cpm
dil.
dpm
e.g.
et al.
Expt.（pl. Expts.）
Fig.（pl. Figs.）
i.e.
max.
min.
m-, p-, om.p.
nno.
％p.（pl. pp.）
ppb
ppm
ppt.
ref.（pl. refs.）
Rf
rpm
S.D.
S.E.
secspec. act.
temp.
tert-（t-）
UVvol.（pl. vols.）
vs.
v/v
vvm
wt.
w/v
w/w

biological oxygen demandboiling point
calculatedcomparechemical oxygen demand
concentrated
concentration
counts per minute
dilutedisintegration per minutefor example
et alia（and others）
Experiment（s）
Figure（s）
that ismaximum
minimum
meta-, para-, orthomelting point
normalnumberpercentpage（s）
parts per billion
parts per million
precipitatereference（s）
distance traveled by zone, divided by distance traveled by solvent
front
revolutions per minutestandard deviation
standard error
secondaryspeciﬁc activity
temperaturetertiary
ultraviolet
volume（s）
versusvolume：volume
volume per volume per minuteweightweight：volume
weight：weightx
TABLE ３. Abbreviations for chemical compounds（these abbreviations may be usedwithout deﬁnition）.
ADP
AMPATP
ATPaseCoADNA
cDNADNase
EDTA
FAD
FMN
NAD, NAD＋NADH
NADP, NADP＋NADPH
RNAmRNA
rRNAtRNA
RNase
SDS
Tris

adenosine 5 -diphosphateadenosine 5 -monophosphateadenosine 5 -triphosphateadenosine triphosphatasecoenzyme A
deoxyribonucleic acidcomplementary DNA
deoxyribonuclease
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acidﬂavin adenine dinucleotide
ﬂavin mononucleotide
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
reduced NAD
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
reduced NADPribonucleic acidmessenger RNA
ribosomal RNA
transfer RNA
ribonucleasesodium dodecylsulfate
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